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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Trouble with Thinking.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Over what does Alma muse?
(a) Why Charlotte misses David.
(b) Why the author kept the name Alma.
(c) Why David gave Charlotte the book.
(d) Why Alma and Leo fall in love.

2. Where does an original copy wind up?
(a) In a secondhand bookstrore in Santiago.
(b) In a secondhand bookstore in Poland.
(c) In a secondhand bookstore in New York.
(d) In a secondhand bookstore in Buenos Aires.

3. How old was Alma when David was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer?
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

4. What happens to the original manuscript?
(a) It is left in Poland.
(b) It is sent to Leo.
(c) It is thrown away.
(d) It is lost when their home is flooded.

5. Misha, a penpal, first writes to Alma when she is how old?
(a) 6.
(b) 12.
(c) 10.
(d) 8.

Short Answer Questions

1. A few weeks later, what does Zvi discover when his friend does not show up?

2. How long does Zvi sit with his friend?

3. What does Leo find when he goes up to Bruno's apartment?

4. As a young man in Poland, Zvi had what he has not seen since?

5. Who tells Bird about lamed vovniks?

(see the answer key)

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